Stamp affixer



Feb. 16, 1932. l. o. RUBINO 1,845,766

STAMP AFFIXER Filed Nov. 14. 1929 J IJ Q I I \//J was: r J

Patented Feb. 16, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ITALO 0. RUBIN), OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

STAMP AFFIXEB The device, the subject of this invention, is intended as a stamp ailiitcr, adapted for hand operation; that is. the device is not one of the type that set on a desk, and the stamps a drawn therefrom. It is a device held in the hand, and which in itself, nlaterially assists in placing the stamp in position.

The object is to provide a means for retaining rolled stamps, and for feeding the stamps as and when required, and nioistening the back of the stamp as it is fed.

The following is what I consider the best means of carrying out this invention, and the accompanying drawings should be referred l5 to for a complete understanding of the spec ilication which follows.

In the drawings Fig. 1 a view of my device with the cover removed,

Fig. :2, with the cover in place.

Fig. 3 is a top plan View. and

Fig. 4, a front elevation.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts in all the figures where they appear.

At 1, I show a roll of stun'ips. The stamps may be arranged upon a screw 2. and in such a manner as to rotate thereon. The screw 2 .is engaged in the back plate 3 of a casing. This casing is formed of a semicylindrical 39 member 4, having a projection 5 and a tongue or clip 6, all parts of which are formed integral.

\Vithin the casing, I arrange a spring or retarding member 7, one end of which bears upon the roll of stamps to retard the action and to hold the stamp roll in position.

In the top of the casing, I provide a finger hole 8, through which a finger or thumb is passed to urge the stamps forward. At 9, I

show a moistening device, which is a water container having a brush or felt member 10 projecting therefrom. This water container is retained by the clip 6, and is shaped to conform to the easing Under ordinary con ditions, the fell; 10 of the moistening device will be in contact with the underside of the stamp, and in Fig. 1, the line 10 is intended to indicate a strip of stamps passing through my device.

\Vhen the device is not in use, the water container 9 may be moved slightly backward, so that it is not in contact with the stamps. I call particular attention to the slit 11 in the projection 5, and through which the stamps pass. This slit is so formed that the edge 5 of the projection 5 may be employed as a cutter for separating the stamps.

The cover 12 is shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, and is retained by the thumb nut 13. The cover may be readily removed for replacing a stamp roll, or substituting fresh roll. The Water may be introduced into the moistener Qthrough a cap 14. This device may be of any particular size, as shall be required, and strips of stamps may be employed with the device by introducing the stamps through the aperture 15, and allowing them to become moistenedto be passed through the slit 11.

It will of course be understood that modifications may be made within the scope of the appended claim without departing from the principle or sacrificing the advantages of this invention.

Having carefully and fully described my inventiom what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is A stamp aiiixer comprising a casing, a resilient means retained therein, a second resilient means having a slot therein, a moistening device removably retained by said second resilient means, and means for causing stamps to pass over said first resilient means and through the said slot in the said second resilient means.

ITALO O. RUBINO. 

